It can be hard to translate regular season success to the playoffs, but West Greene had no problem doing just that on Tuesday. Everything went their way against the Leechburg Blue Devils as they made off with an 11-1 win. West Greene might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team's won nine matchups by nine runs or more this season.
Payton Gilbert spent all five innings played on the mound, and it's clear why: she surrendered only one earned run on one hit and racked up ten Ks.
On the hitting side, Kylee Davis and Emmaline Beazell did most of the damage at the plate: Davis went 2-for-3 with a triple, a stolen base, and two RBI, while Beazell scored a run while going 1-for-3. The team also got some help courtesy of Kendra Tharp, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 1-for-1.
West Greene is on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six matches, which provided a nice bump to their 12-6 record this season. As for Leechburg, they haven't won a game yet this season and fell to 0-5.
West Greene is on the road again on Thursday to play Frazier. Leechburg does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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